Supporting means for steam-pressing machines



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G. B. COOVER ET AL SUPPORTING MEANS FOR STEAM PRESSING MACHINES 2 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed May G, 1922 A .Y y Juve/Win13 65,5', (700 Ver@ IHILI Aug. 7, 1923. y 1,464,260

G. IB. COOVER ET AL SUPPORTING MEANS FOR STEAM PRESSINGMACHINES A Filed May 6, 1922 2 Sheens-Sheet 2 @ww/wim.:

Patented Aug, 7, i923.

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GEORG-E B. COOVER AND HEP/BERT BRUSHES, OF LAMAR, COLORADO."

SUPPORTING MEANS FOR STEAM-lR/ESSING TIACHINES.

application mea may e, 192e. serial no, 558,973.

To all 'whom it mag/concern.'

Be it known that we, GEORGE B. Goovnn and Hnnenn'r A. Bitumen, citizens oi' the United btates, residing at Lamar, in the county ot Prowers and State ot' Colorado, have invented certain new and useful .linn provements in Supporting Means ttor Steam- Pressing Machines, of which th-e following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to steam pressing machines such as are used ltor pressing trousers, coats and other clothes, and particularly to the means for supporting the clothes while they are being pressed.

ln the ordinary pressing machine, the pad or cushion upon which the article is supported while being pressed by the press head is mounted upon a table at some distance above the table, as shown in the accompanying drawing, so that in pressing` the leg of a pair of trousers, for instance, the upper portion of the trousers and the other leg will hang down upon the table and it is impossible to press properly those portions of the trouser leg adjacent the crotch, and in pressing coats, and particularly the sleeves of coats, the body portion of the garment hangs down over one end of the supporting cushion and rests upon the table and it is impossible to properly press the sleeve close to the junction oi the sleeve with the body of the coat.

The general object of our invention is to provide an attachment for ordinary steam clothes pressers of this character which will support the body of the article being pressed, which will permit the handling oli the goods to be pressed in the most convenient manner and allow the pressing te be done without any part of the garment hanging over and escaping being` pressed, and furthermore al low the garment to be so pressed as to make uniform creases.

A further object is to provide an auxiliary table adapted to be supported upon the main table of the machine in a position ot approximate alignment with the pressing cushion and upon which the body of the garment :may rest while the legs or arms are being pressed, and further in this connection to make this auxiliary table foldable so that it maybe put into compact form for storage or shipment. f

Another object is to provide a second auxiliary table coacting with the first and with the cushion to assist in supporting1 a trouser ieg upon the cushion with the front crease of the trouser leg immediately beneath the middle of the cushion where the greatest amount o' pressure will 'come without any portion of the trouser leg hanging over the cushion and thus not being properly supported while pressing is being done.`

@ther objects will appear in the course oit the following description.

Uur invention is illustrated in the accom- ]ianying drawings, wherein Figure l is a perspective View showing a clothes pressing machine with our coat supporting member mounted thereon;y

Figure 2 is a like view to Figure l, but showing means for supporting a trouser leg while it is being pressed;y y f,

Figure 3 is an end elevation 01"' the support lO in Figure l;

`Figure a is an end elevation ot the support after it is folded;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view oit the leg 22,

Figure 6 is an under side plan view of the support l0 with the legs folded;

Figure 7 is an elevation of the hinged leaves l5;

Figure 8 is a View of the hinged leaves 13;

Figure 9 is an under sideview of the support 29, showing the crow foot 30.

Referring to these drawings, A designates the main table` oi a steam presser', such as commonly used in tailor' shops, .B the bracket supporting the cushion C or buck, and D the press head which is hingedly supported over the cushion and which is adapted to be -forced down upon the cushion and upon the garment being pressed. All oit' these parts are of any ordinary and usual construction and 'torni no part of our invention.

In conjunction with the cushion C, we provide an auxiliary table, designated l0, which is preferably made in two sections a and h, and with a marginal flange or wall l1. At one end both sections a and I) are cut away, as at l2, this cut being semicircular in form so that when the table is in place the curved oud of the buck C will tit into this curved recess and rest upon the adjacent wall ll. The material of the auXil iary table 10 isr preferably weed and preferably about 9/16 in thickness. The two sections of the table top are hinged to each other by means of three members 13, 14 and 15. The members 14 and 15 are nearly alike. The member 13, however, is slightly dilierent from the members 14 and 15 and constitutes a brace extending beneath the table just forward of the semi-circular cutout portion 12. This brace is necessary, as otherwise this semi-circular cut-out portion 12 would render the auxiliary table very weak at this point. This brace 13 is formed of two sections of angle iron, as illustrated in Figure 8, each section being attached by one flange to the under side ot' the table top, the other flange extending vertically downward. This flange of each section 1s relatively higher at the middle of the auxiliary table than at the end. These two flanges overlap each other, as illustrated in Figure 8, and are pivoted to each other by a rivet 16. The horizontal flanges of the two sections 13 of the brace are inwardly turned at their adjacent ends, as at 17. Each section of the brace adjacent the pivot bolt 16 is cut away, as at 18. The two sections of the brace are held to the under side of the table top by screws or in any other suitable manner. The end brace and hinge member 15, as illustrated in Figure 7, is also formed of two sections of angle iron which are at tached by screws or otherwise to the under face ot the table top, these two sections of angle iron overlapping each other at their adjacent ends and being pivoted to each other by means ot the rivet 19; The hori zontal flanges are inwardly turned, as kat 20, and abut against each other when the two sections of the press are in alignment. The depending flange of each section of the press is formed adjacent its extremities with an opening 21 and disposed beneath the table top are the two supports, designated gen erally 22, each support being formed of a rod or of a small channel iron formed to provide a longitudinally extending portion 23 disposed parallel to the under face of the auxiliary table, the ends of each supporting member being recessed, as at 24, to receive screws, pivot pins or like members 25 and thus the supporting members may be turned from a horizontal position beneath the auxiliary table to a vertical position to' support the auxiliary table, as illustrated in Figure 1.

When turned into a horizontal position,

n the outer cross bars of the supporting member will be received in the notches or recesses 18 of the middle brace 13. A brace 26 having an e'ye 27 at one end is pivoted by a bolt, rivet or the like to the depending vflange of each hinge leaf or brace leaf 15.

The extremity of this brace 2G is angularly bent, as at 28,- for engagement in a recess in the corresponding leg. Then these angu lar ends of the braces are engaged with the legs, they will hold the legs in a verticalI position, but when released from the legs they will permit the legs to be shifted to a horizontal position.

It is obvious that with this construction the auxiliary table may be folded up for storage or shipment, the legs being between the two sections of the auxiliary table and closed thereby, or the auxiliary table may be turned out to the position shown in Figure 1 and will, under these circumstances, support the body of the clothes being pressed, as for instance the body of a coat, vwhile the sleeve is being pressed between the cushion and the buck.

The supporting members 23, as illustrated in Figure 5, are preferably formed of a channeled rod', in other words a rod which is U-shaped in cross section, whose ends' are welded together, making the support rigid.

In connection with the auxiliary table constructed as above described and for the purpose of supporting the outer margin of a trouser leg while the opposite margin is being creased, we provide a trouser leg support, designated 29. This member 29 is approximately 5H wide at one end and at the other end may be7 wide more or less and the inner edge of this member 29 is curved, as at 30, to correspond with the curvature of the side face of the cushion; The relatively narrow end or' the member 29 f is braced by a cross piece 31, the inner edge ot this cross piece having a downwardly projecting flange 32. ed to rest upon the edge of the auxiliarytable, as illustrated in Figure 2, the flange pre. venting shifting of this support 29. The

opposite end of the support remote fromv the auxiliary table is supported by a downwardly extending leg 33, the upper end oi which is formed with a crow foot 35, the leg having screw-threaded engagementr with the crow foot in a socket 35a disposed at the intersection of the arms thereof. The lower end of the leg is formed with a. transversely extending foot 36 which rests upon the main table A, permits the ready removal of the trouser leg support 29 or its ready replacement in position.

In the use of this device, when it is de# sired' to press the legs of a pair of trousers, for instance, the auxiliary table is used and also the trouser leg support 29. The body of the garment rests upon the'` auxiliary ta` ble 10, while the trouser leg is disposed so that one-half of the trouser leg rests upon the cushion and the other half rests upon the support 29. Under these circumstances, a depression of the head B .will press 'the trousers so that the crease or fold at the forward edge of the trousers will be very positively and strongly made. It the rear of the trousers leg was disposed upon the cushion, the middle of the trouser leg, that' is where the seam is, would receive the great,- est amount of pressure and the crease would This cross piece is adapt-f not be so pronounced. If, on the other hand, the trouser leg was disposed upon the cushion with the crease in alignment with the middle of the cushion, then the outer margin of the trouser leg would hang downward and the body of the trouser leg would rest upon the table A. If the auxiliary table alone were used while the body of the trousers would be supported upon the auxiliary table, the whole trouser leg would not lie fiat and a good, even and proper pressure would not be produced. lt is necessary, therefore, to provide both the auxiliary table and the trouser support 29 in order to secure an effective and proper pressing of the legs of the trousers, particularly the crease thereof.

In pressing a coat, it is desirable that the body of the coat be supported while the sleeve is disposed between the press head and cushion, The trousers support can be left in place, if desired, or removed, but with the body of the coat supported upon the auxiliary support, the sleeve is held where the head will act best upon. it and the weight of the coa-t, overcoat or like garment will not act to pull the sleeve of the garment out from between the head and cushion. in ordinary circumstances, it would be necessary that the operator hold the garment up after arranging the sleeve upon the cushion or arranging the trouser'k log upon the cushion so that the body of the garment will not exert any pull on the sleeve or trouser leg. This is not necessary with our device, nor is there a chance for the garment to drag upon the floor and become soiled.

W e do not wish to be limited to an auxiliary table made in two sections, the two sections being hinged to each other for movement, as the auxiliary table might be made in one section, nor do we wish to be limited to the hinged legs or supports, nor to the particular form of these supports or the particular manner of supporting the trouser leg member 29, as these parts may be varied in some `respects without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims. The device has been found very effective in actual practice, and it has been found that with this attachment all garments are more expeditiously, more conr pletely, and more uniformly pressed than in the old way, wherein the garment is held to hang loose over the steam pressing machine. rEhe device will enable the operator of `the steam pressing machine to form a superior quality of work in a minimum, of time.

1. ln a steam pressing machine, the combination with a cushion and a. main table, of an auxiliary table out away on one end to receive the cushion and having downwardly extending legs whereby it may be mounted upon the main table of the presser, the table being formed in two sections hingedto each other and the legs being hinged to the under face of the table and foldable up against the table.

2. ln a steam pressing i'nechanism, the combination with a cushion and a main table, of an auxiliary table consisting of two table sections hinged to each other for folding movement and one end of the auxiliary table being cut away upon its upper face to accommodate the end of the presser cushion, a brace formed in two hinged sections, the sections being attached to the under face of the two sections of the auxiliary table adj acent said cut away portion, hinged members attached at opposite ends of the table to the two sections thereof, supporting mem-A bers on each side of the table hinged to said hinged members for movement into or out of parallel relation tothe table, and braces detachably engaging said legs and holding the legs ati-ight angles to the table.

3. ln a steam presser, the combination with a cushion yand a main table, of an auxiliary table, the upper face of the auxiliary table at one end being out away to recive the end of a presser cushion, meansfor supporting the auxiliary table upon the main table approximately on a level with the presser cushion, and a trouser supl'iorting member adapted to coact with said cushion having a cross piece at one end adapted to rest upon one end of the auxiliary table and providing a flange normally bearing against the end ofthe auxiliary table and the opposite end of the trouser supporting member r having a leg, the inner end edge of the trouser supporting member being curved to conform to the shape of the cushion.

ln testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures.

GEORGE BCOVER. HERBERT A. BRUNER. 

